Nearly 150 students in grades Pre-K through eight and their parents attended the Zone for Imagination, Innovation and Inspiration’s (Zi3) Halloween Family Night at the Upper Elementary School on October 26.
For the event, each family completed three of four guided STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Math) activities. The activities were: 
Halloween Cupcake Decorating – participants created a witch hat, spider or general Halloween-themed cupcake.
Glow Pumpkins – participants primed their pumpkins with white paint and then used glow paint to illustrate a spider, bat, moon and stars, cat or one of their own creations.
Haunted House/Trick-or-Treat Wood Carving – participants painted their wood carving black and added fluorescent background colors and laser cut stickers as decorations.
Witch Gnome – participants stuffed a black sock and added fluorescent bulky yarn for hair, colored a foam ball for a nose and then added a broom to create a witch.
Several teachers and staff members volunteered their time to facilitate sessions at the event. They were:
Mrs. Blackwell
Mr. Boisen
Mrs. Curro
Mrs. DeMichele
Mrs. Downs
Miss George
Mrs. Kirk
Mrs. Noto
Mrs. Nugent
Mr. Owens
Mrs. Parzych
Mrs. Patrick
Mrs. Polera
Mrs. Potenski
Mrs. VanDreason
Mrs. Watson
Mr. Haskell, Mrs. Maine and Mr. Polera assisted families at registration. North Star Orchards generously donated the decorative corn stalks at the entrance of the Upper Elementary School.
The next Zi3 family night, “Santa’s Workshop,” is scheduled to take place on December 15. More information will be released by the end of November.
Thank you to all attendees and volunteers for making the Zi3 Halloween Family Night such a fun-filled and successful event!